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ArticleScientific reports2022

Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species.

Sämi Schär, Gerard Talavera, Jignasha D Rana, Xavier Espadaler, Stefan P Cover, Steven O Shattuck, Roger Vila

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors.

Sämi SchärInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37, 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. saemi.schaer@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6108-4832
Gerard TalaveraInstitut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Passeig del Migdia s/n, 08038, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1112-1345
Jignasha D RanaDepartment of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street, NW, Suite 6000, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8738-4462
Xavier EspadalerCREAF and Unitat d'Ecologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7681-5957
Stefan P CoverMuseum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Steven O ShattuckMuseum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Roger VilaInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37, 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2447-4388

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation P2SKP3_161677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological invasions are a grave threat to ecosystems. The black garden ant (Lasius niger) is a pest species in Europe. Current literature states that L. niger occupies a disjunct native distribution in the Holarctic, however, based on recent work, we re-evaluate this distribution. The native range of L. niger is reconsidered based on phylogenetic relationships (nine mitochondrial and nuclear markers, 5670 bp), DNA-barcoding (98 Holarctic specimens), morphometry (88 Holarctic specimens, 19 different measurements) and subjective assessment of phenotype. The potential spread of this species is estimated using ecological niche modeling. Lasius niger is more closely related to other Palearctic species than to the Nearctic ants known under this name. The latter are described as a distinct species, L. ponderosae sp. nov. However, DNA-barcoding discovered established populations of L. niger in metropolitan areas in Canada (Vancouver and Halifax). We describe a morphometrical method to delineate L. ponderosae sp. nov. and L. niger. MtDNA diversity and divergence is high within L. ponderosae sp. nov., but low within L. niger. More than 1,000,000 km

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